Newman, John B. (fl. circa 1840) Illustrated Botany

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Newman, John B. (fl. circa 1840) Illustrated Botany. New York: Wellman, 1846.
Octavo, first edition, volume one only, illustrated throughout with vibrantly colored lithographic plates, cloth binding stamped in gilt, spine detached, tucked inside the front board, preliminaries and some text leaves loose and detached, sewing structure defective, 5 1/2 x 9 in.
Copies of this book vary widely in how the color was applied to the plates, some completely hand-colored, others with all of the colored added by lithographic printing, and others with varying combinations of the two methods. This copy similarly contains a mix of hand-colored and printed colors throughout.
Estimate $300-350

Forty-seven colored plates.


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